Delivery by Distance changelog

Release history for the Delivery by Distance plugin. The newest release is listed first.

Version 1.0.4 – October 27, 2026 #

• New featureThe wording customers see from this plugin (the postcode checker and the delivery fee lines at the cart and checkout) is on the Text screen: Rentals → Settings → Text, beside Rentals & Bookings Lite 1.0.21 or Regular 1.0.85. Search for the words, type your own, and each language keeps its own wording. Without Rentals & Bookings the screen is WooCommerce → Text, and a “Text” link on this plugin’s settings opens it. The delivery method’s title keeps its own setting (WooCommerce → Settings → Shipping), and the Text screen links to it.

Version 1.0.3 – October 23, 2026 #

• New featureTranslations. Translated into 17 languages, reviewed language by language: Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal), Romanian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish. German uses the formal “Sie”. WordPress picks the language of your site or of each user’s profile

Version 1.0.2 – October 20, 2026 #

• New featureOne postcode box on rental product pages. When the Rentals & Bookings “How do you want it?” step asks for the delivery postcode, it now gives the distance price itself, so the “Delivery to my postcode” checker no longer shows on those pages. Other products keep the checker. (With Rentals & Bookings Regular 1.0.82.)
• New featureWorks with Smart Routing on its own. Smart Routing 1.1.0 runs without Rentals & Bookings Regular, and Delivery by Distance works with it: delivery areas priced by distance, the delivery address lookups through your map service, and road travel times for Smart Routing’s day planning. Posted days by distance still need Regular
• ImprovementDelivery areas on the order screen. The order screen’s Delivery by Distance box also shows on rental orders priced through a delivery area: for the delivery and the collection, the area, the date and time slot, the distance, the drive time, the price table used and the amount charged for the stop. (Orders placed with Rentals & Bookings Regular 1.0.82.)
• ImprovementPrice tables show where they are used. Price tables used by a delivery area priced by distance now list that area under “Used by”, so a table in use no longer says “Not used yet”. (With Rentals & Bookings Regular 1.0.81 or later.)
• ImprovementSetup checklist. The setup checklist now reads “Add Delivery by Distance to a shipping zone, or price a delivery area by distance”, is ticked for a shop that prices its delivery areas by distance, and links to both screens. The page introduction and the setup notices mention delivery areas too
• ImprovementDeliver days before (rentals). While Rentals & Bookings plans the delivery and collection dates (Delivery & pickup on), the field is hidden on a price table band and the table says where the dates come from; a value you saved is kept. Otherwise the field stays, and the table now says it is a note for whoever delivers and does not change the rental’s dates
• ImprovementPlace order says why. On the classic checkout, Place order with no delivery option now also says why (for example, the address is beyond the delivery area), beside WooCommerce’s own notice
• FixTrip table in miles. “Work it out from real trips” shows its trip table in miles when the store uses miles
• FixExamples use your store. The checker’s example on the settings page uses your store’s own postcode, country, units and currency, and so does the shipping method’s “Add the distance to the name” example (no more Australian example on other shops)
• FixOrder screen. The admin order screen no longer prints the raw delivery quote record under the shipping line; the Delivery by Distance box shows it
• Fix“Choose pick up.” only with pick up. When an address is too far or can’t be measured, the message only ends with “Choose pick up.” when the store offers pick up (WooCommerce Local pickup, the block checkout’s Local Pickup, or Rentals & Bookings planning the hand-over)

Version 1.0.1 – October 16, 2026 #

The first release. Needs WooCommerce; works with Sales Igniter Rentals & Bookings for WooCommerce Regular 1.0.80 or later.

• ImprovementNew admin menu. With the new Rentals menu (Rentals & Bookings Lite 1.0.18 / Regular 1.0.81), there is no Delivery by Distance item under WooCommerce: the settings stay under WooCommerce → Settings → Shipping → Delivery by Distance, Ctrl+K opens them, and the old address still works
• ImprovementLicense. Beside Rentals & Bookings Regular 1.0.81 this plugin is on the one Licenses screen (Rentals → Settings → Licenses): Included when your package covers it, else with a key of its own. An expired key keeps it working; only updates are paused. Its own License page leads there. Used without Regular, nothing changes
• New featureDelivery fees by distance. A WooCommerce shipping method that prices a delivery by how far the customer is from your store or your nearest warehouse. Price tables by distance, drive time or whichever costs more, in miles or kilometres, one way, there and back, or delivery and collection; distance bands with a per-mile charge, limits, free delivery, minimum order, lowest and highest fee, extra charges and rounding, with a preview and Test an address
• New featureNo map service needed. Own calculation measures the straight line times a road factor, with no key, no cost and nothing sent anywhere; work the road factor out from a few real trips. Postcode points for your country download once (GeoNames data) and refresh monthly
• New featureMap services when you want them. Road distances and drive times from Geoapify, openrouteservice, LocationIQ, TomTom, HERE or Google, with a daily cap, usage counts, Test the connection and own calculation as the fallback; a checkout never waits more than a few seconds
• New featureOrigins. Each delivery is measured from the nearest active origin: your store and any warehouses or branches; with Multi Location Inventory your delivering locations are added as origins
• New featureFor customers. A “Delivery to my postcode” checker on product pages (also a shortcode and a block), address suggestions and “Check the pin on the map” at checkout. The order screen shows the distance, drive time and price table used
• New featureWith Rentals & Bookings. A delivery area of Delivery & pickup can be priced by distance, transport days can follow the distance, the store’s address lookups go through your map service, and Smart Routing can plan with road travel times